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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
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3.5 - A maioria nada de novo que já não saibamos. Por vezes falta colocar em prática.
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I started out feeling quite positive about this book overall, and its premise - approaches for minimising your time online and reducing the amount of time spent mindlessly scrolling social media. Bonus points for referencing, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, numerous times.
However, while I will say this book has been a kickstarter for thinking about how and why I use social media in my life, I do think over the course of the book, the viewpoint and stance of the author became too rigid and extreme for my own tastes. I felt on the point of conversation-centric vs connection-centric relationships, the definition of conversation was too narrow for my own experience and preferences, while also ignoring anyone whose experience or disabilities may make a face to face or verbal only conversation not possible. (I don't anticipate this was the author's purpose in the narrow definition, but just to point out that most of the suggestions and advice seemed aimed at healthy, well-resourced, and at times "highly successful" people.)
There were points such as, "don't hit like" which did cause me to reflect on my relationships online and whether they are based on more than just breadcrumbs, and that did get me thinking overall about how I want to interact going forward - but overall it was the rigidity that took it too far for me, essentially collections of "do this" and "never do this" type all or nothing stances when it comes to technology. Also there were numerous points where it seems the author is strongly supporting "hustle culture" where you should schedule every moment of your day, the goal of life is for your actions to be "highly productive" or "high value" activities according to someone else's standards, and that even if you've had a hard day, trust him, making yoruself work on another hard task is infinitely better than resting. So while I do think it's well written and thought- provoking, I left feeling like ultimately it's up to each of us to forge our own path when it comes to how we want to define our digital minimalism.
However, while I will say this book has been a kickstarter for thinking about how and why I use social media in my life, I do think over the course of the book, the viewpoint and stance of the author became too rigid and extreme for my own tastes. I felt on the point of conversation-centric vs connection-centric relationships, the definition of conversation was too narrow for my own experience and preferences, while also ignoring anyone whose experience or disabilities may make a face to face or verbal only conversation not possible. (I don't anticipate this was the author's purpose in the narrow definition, but just to point out that most of the suggestions and advice seemed aimed at healthy, well-resourced, and at times "highly successful" people.)
There were points such as, "don't hit like" which did cause me to reflect on my relationships online and whether they are based on more than just breadcrumbs, and that did get me thinking overall about how I want to interact going forward - but overall it was the rigidity that took it too far for me, essentially collections of "do this" and "never do this" type all or nothing stances when it comes to technology. Also there were numerous points where it seems the author is strongly supporting "hustle culture" where you should schedule every moment of your day, the goal of life is for your actions to be "highly productive" or "high value" activities according to someone else's standards, and that even if you've had a hard day, trust him, making yoruself work on another hard task is infinitely better than resting. So while I do think it's well written and thought- provoking, I left feeling like ultimately it's up to each of us to forge our own path when it comes to how we want to define our digital minimalism.
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Moderate: Ableism, Addiction
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4⭐
Gracias a este libro pude reconfirmar que el dejar las redes sociales es para bien.
El concepto de minimalismo digital no lo había escuchado antes, por lo que realmente fue algo nuevo para mi, pero la decisión de dejar las redes sociales fue algo que consideré desde hace mucho tiempo y que la verdad ha sido para bien.
Considero que si bien es una filosofía que se puede adaptar al tipo de persona o profesión que tengas, puede ser de mucha ayuda para despejar nuestra mente y enfocarnos más en lo que verdaderamente nos importa, el tiempo compartido con nuestras familias y sobre todo, con nosotros mismos.
Gracias a este libro pude reconfirmar que el dejar las redes sociales es para bien.
El concepto de minimalismo digital no lo había escuchado antes, por lo que realmente fue algo nuevo para mi, pero la decisión de dejar las redes sociales fue algo que consideré desde hace mucho tiempo y que la verdad ha sido para bien.
Considero que si bien es una filosofía que se puede adaptar al tipo de persona o profesión que tengas, puede ser de mucha ayuda para despejar nuestra mente y enfocarnos más en lo que verdaderamente nos importa, el tiempo compartido con nuestras familias y sobre todo, con nosotros mismos.
I'm doing the digital declutter now, and I'm already seeing improvements in productivity, so it's definitely a useful book, but the second half is much less scientific, and the advice doesn't apply to everybody. I commented to my husband, who read the book first and then gave it to me, that it seemed like the second half was definitely geared towards extroverts. "Oh," he said. "I didn't read the second half." Which is all to say, first half: definitely read it! Second half? Eh.
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